CHAPTER 41

SAOIRSE."You want the truth, right? Then hear them." Massimo didn't look away. "Zeus Trojan is the one who murdered your parents years ago."The words didn’t just land. They settled like lead in the space between us, heavy and suffocating.The restaurant was quiet in the expensive, suffocating way only the wealthy could afford. Crystal glasses clinked from distant tables, a sound like tiny bones breaking. A violin hummed from the corner, a mournful, slow melody that seemed to vibrate in the marrow of my teeth.But at our table, the air was thick enough to choke on.My fingers dug into the edge of the tablecloth, the fabric bunching under my grip until my knuckles turned the color of old bone. My chest hitched, a sharp, ragged intake of breath that I tried to swallow. I stared across at the man seated in front of me.Massimo looked calm.Too calm.He was the stillness in a hurricane.“You’re talking nonsense…” I said. My voice was low, but it trembled, betraying the steel I tried to p

CHAPTER 42

Blood trickled from the split corner of Zeus's lip. A gash ran deep across his forehead, fresh crimson sliding down his temple, pooling at the edge of his jaw where it crusted over in dark streaks.His boots hit the pavement in a steady rhythm, never breaking stride.Cars zipped by on the crowded road, headlights slicing through the dark like knives. Pedestrians shoved past each other on the sidewalk. The moon glared down in the middle of the night, turning the air thick with exhaust and chatter — horns blaring, tires hissing over asphalt, voices overlapping in a constant roar.Zeus kept his eyes straight ahead, cutting through the press of bodies without a glance.Women in a business suits paused mid-step, their eyes flicking over his bloody face before they hurried on. Two guys in hoodies leaned close, muttering under their breath as he passed, afraid to event meet his gaze.He caught every word. But he was too occupied to even care.One thought looped in his head, sharp and relentl

CHAPTER 43

ZEUS.“I'm giving you a chance to leave. I won't offer it twice.”The words scrape out of my throat, low and rough, while my fingers stay locked around the gun’s grip. I stood up from the bed and lazily walked near the entrance. “And if you wake this kid up, I'll kill every single one of you.”The three new men who entered the room froze, eyes darting to the floor, then back to me — just half a second of doubt.Then the gunshot cracks through the hospital room, the sound bouncing off the walls until they press in closer. His knees buckle first, then his whole body hits the tile with a wet thud, arms splayed out, blood pooling under his head. Just like the others before him.The echo dies down.A sharp gasp cuts the air behind me.I spin around.Aofie’s eyes are open, staring right at the body on the floor. His small chest heaves under the hospital blanket, fingers twisting the sheets. His face twists — eyes too wide, mouth hanging open, body jerking like he’s trying to sit up but can

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